Jason Patric Inspires Controversial Legislation Over Sperm Donor Parental Rights

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Jason Patric Inspires Controversial Legislation Over Sperm Donor Parental Rights

Actor Jason Patric says he is a father. His former girlfriend says he was just a sperm donor.

Now, the Hollywood child custody dispute has stirred a controversial discussion in the California legislature about the rights of sperm donors and men who provide sperm in artificial insemination.

Patric told The Huffington Post that he agreed to have a child through artificial insemination with his former girlfriend, Danielle Schreiber, in 2009. He was a part of his son's life for more than two years. But both Patric and Shreiber said that now -- following their break up after getting romantic again -- the actor hasn't seen his 3-year-old son, Gus, in months.

Under California law, a sperm donor has no parental rights -- unless he is married to the mother or there is a written agreement establishing parental rights before conception. Patric said he signed parental rights forms with Schreiber; Schreiber disputed that and said Patric agreed that Schreiber would raise the child.

After a judge denied Patric parental rights in February, the actor -- who starred in the 1987 teen vampire film "The Lost Boys" -- took his custody battle to the California legislature.

See more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/jason-patric-sperm-donor_n_3745820.html

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